” I’m on the move and I’m starting to play with my hands, I’m anxious. » It itches Mike Conley to be able to find the floors. The good news is that he is getting closer. Absent for two weeks due to a knee injury, the leader of the Jazz could make his return this Wednesday, when receiving the Warriors.
” I feel much better. I progress every day. Today (Monday), this is the first time that I really train with contacts and such. Last week, I made a kind of transition between walking, jogging and running. I still feel it (the discomfort) but it’s obviously good enough to wear it down a bit and see where it’s at », describes the point guard talking about his knee.
He was not the only injured person to have taken part in this session since Rudy Gay, touched on one finger and on the sidelines since mid-November, was also affected. The latter, one of the other “survivors” of the summer, with his average 4.5 points in 16 minutes, however, has a much lesser role in the game of Jazz than the first.
Before the injury, the point guard was in good form with his career-best passing average (8). His absence coincided with a bad run for the Jazz, with only two wins in eight games. Propelled into the five major, Collin Sexton averaged 17 points and 5 assists over this period. But the former Cavs player has less experience than the former Grizzlies leader, used to close encounters.
Frustrated with his team’s recent results, Mike Conley says he has ” want to go home at night even faster, to do everything I can, rehabilitation level, and try to help these guys as quickly as possible “.
| Shots | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | bp | Int | CT | party | Points |
| Lauri Markkanen | 26 | 33.9 | 52.8 | 41.3 | 83.3 | 2.2 | 6.3 | 8.5 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 22.2 |
| Jordan Clarkson | 26 | 32.4 | 43.2 | 35.0 | 82.8 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 19.7 |
| Collin Sexton | 26 | 24.4 | 49.4 | 36.4 | 83.3 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 2.3 | 14.2 |
| Malik Beasley | 26 | 26.6 | 40.9 | 38.6 | 90.0 | 0.7 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 13.3 |
| Kelly Olynyk | 26 | 28.5 | 56.0 | 46.6 | 80.0 | 1.3 | 3.7 | 5.0 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 4.1 | 13.0 |
| Mike Conley | 17 | 29.3 | 39.2 | 38.6 | 76.5 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 7.9 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 10.2 |
| Jarred Vanderbilt | 24 | 24.9 | 60.8 | 46.2 | 62.5 | 2.3 | 6.0 | 8.3 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 2.9 | 8.6 |
| Talen Horton-tucker | 25 | 16.8 | 39.0 | 25.4 | 73.7 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 7.2 |
| Walker Kessler | 23 | 15.8 | 75.7 | 0.0 | 56.8 | 2.0 | 3.2 | 5.3 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 5.8 |
| Rudy Gay | 12 | 15.7 | 36.2 | 26.5 | 50.0 | 0.5 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 4.5 |
| Nickeil Alexander-Walker | 15 | 10.6 | 39.3 | 32.1 | 88.9 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 4.1 |
| Simone Fontecchio | 15 | 8.9 | 38.8 | 40.0 | 66.7 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 3.9 |
| Ochai Agbaji | 8 | 9.0 | 47.6 | 14.3 | 57.1 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 3.1 |
| Micah Potter | 2 | 5.9 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| Udoka Azubuike | 9 | 3.9 | 87.5 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.8 |
| Leandro Bolmaro | 4 | 5.8 | 28.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
